Unnatural Selection

The Haunting of Hill House feat. Kaylee Rowena

This month on Unnatural Selection, join Emma and Kaylee on a journey through Hill House, not sane, as they compare Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House

A Sound of Thunder feat. Greg Steffensen

It’s been a while since we’ve covered a movie on Unnatural Selection that’s plagued with production problems, riddled with lawsuits, and suffering from abysmal CGI. Join

Unbroken feat. Theodore Monk

Crack open those D rations to snack on as Emma and Theo break into new territories for the pod—nonfiction and multi-stage adaptations. They break down Louis Zamperini’s l

Frankenstein feat. Chloe from So Emo I Fell Apart

Have you ever trekked through the Arctic tundra in search of your shitty dad who made you out of corpses? No? Well, either way, Emma and Chloe have the episode for you! L

The Natural feat. James from Remember That Guy?

Grab a hotdog and hit the stands because James and Emma are about to wax poetic about baseball for an hour and a half through the lens of Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natu

The Knight's Tale feat. Ria from So Emo I Fell Apart

Mount your horse and begin your journey to Canterbury with Emma and Ria as they dig into an excellent movie and extremely loosey-goosey adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s T

The Queen's Gambit feat. Camilla Rhodes-Alexandrite

Don’t get Sicilian Defensive as Camilla and Emma break down the very first limited series in Unnatural Selection History—The Queen’s Gambit! They get into the details of

Jurassic Park feat. Greg Steffensen

Life finds a way and so do film adaptations. Join Emma and Greg to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Unnatural Selection’s third anniversary with the adaptation that both sta

Johnny Mnemonic feat. CJ Linton

Become a very technical boy with Emma and CJ as they break down how on Earth a $1.5 million pitch for a film of William Gibson’s short story Johnny Mnemonic became a $30

I, Robot feat. Dominique Dickey

Journey forward to the year 2035 and take a trip to Chicago with Emma and Dominique to figure out just what all the robots are up to these days. These two read the quinte

Christine feat. Marn Lastname

Time to turn on the radio and cruise down the highway with Marn and Emma as they get into Stephen King’s Christine and its 1983 John Carpenter adaptation. They get into h

The Sword in the Stone feat. Juliet

Travel back to Medieval times with Emma and Juliet this month and see if you can pull the sword from the stone (well, anvil, actually) and assume your place as the true k

Eclipse feat. Kat Jamolin

It’s June so you know what that means! Kat and Emma return to the woods for their annual trek through the Twilight series. Listen along as Emma has an existential crisis

Dracula feat. Jeff Stormer

It’s that time of year when our good friend Jonathan Harker takes a trip to Transylvania, and in honor of such it’s time for Jeff and Emma to break down what surely has t

Fight Club feat. August aka S. Gates

The first rule of Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is don’t talk about it. The second rule of Fight Club (1999 dir. David Fincher) is don’t talk about it. The fourth rule is

The Golden Compass feat. Izze Sykes

Take a hot air balloon ride up to Svalbard with Emma and Izze as they look into Philip Pullman’s The Golden _Compass and its 2007 adaptation of the same name. These two t

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz feat. MK Fell

Take a stroll down the yellow brick road with MK and Emma to ask the wizard about one of the most famous film adaptations of all time. How did the 1900 children’s fairy t

Red Alert feat. Jeff Stormer

Get to the underground bunkers, put on those military issue nylons and lipstick, and brace for impact as Jeff and Emma get into the tonal whiplash between Kubrick’s night

The Godfather feat. Katharine Coldiron

A month ago, Katharine and Emma hit the mattresses, but now that things are calming down between the Mafia families of New York they’re here to talk about cinematic maste

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter feat. Audrey from Alone at the Table

Happy Halloween from Unnatural Selection! This month Audrey and Emma face one of the spookiest things known to podcaster: historical fiction from the early 2010’s. Listen